Some More Pinterest Projects

With preparing to move I’ve been using some of my Pinterest pins off of my board Around the Home – Cleaning board. Here are a few that I’ve done.

 

 

 

 

Cleaning Your Dishwasher

I know, why would you clean your dishwasher? Well read the post and you’ll find out why. My dishwasher didn’t look too dirty until after I cleaned it and now it is sparkly white! And this method gets rid of any musty/mildew-y smells that may be present when you move into a new place. Definitely worth a try!

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning Your Glass-top Stove

I actually used this method on our stainless steel stove at work and it didn’t quite get everything off but I also didn’t have a lot of time to spend on it. I’m planning on trying this on our regular stove around the burners where things get cooked on and look kind of yucky after a while.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making "Orange Vinegar"

I use vinegar or baking soda for almost all of my cleaning and I’ve gotten used to the smell. – FYI if you’ve never used vinegar for cleaning that smell goes away after it air dries. – But if your not convinced this is a good easy recipe to change the scent. If your just really sensitive to the vinegar odor your probably still going to smell the vinegar a little but for the most part its just orange-y. Also, I did not notice any difference in the effectiveness of its cleaning, the only thing that changes is the scent.

 

 

 

 

Cleaning Your Washing Machine

Again, the question, why? Same answer, read the post! For this one my water was not flowing right, soap scum or something was plugging it up or something so I gave this a try. You would not believe how nasty looking the water was while it was soaking the first time, I was amazed! The benefits of cleaning your washer, for me, was fresher smelling laundry and my water flows better. :)

A Little More about Routines

I told you Saturday about my Morning Routines (you can read about those here if you missed it) Most of those routines came from Flylady.net but I have adjusted them to what works best for me. Today I wanted to tell you some more about my routines to help keep our house in order and everything (well, almost everything) running smoothly.

The second set of routines I wanted to tell you about are my “Before Bed Routines.” I start working on these as soon as I get home from work or, on days I don’t work, about 4ish in the afternoon and they go on right until I go to bed.

Here is the page from my Control Notebook – I’ll tell you more about how that works on another day – Notice that everything is written in pencil, that’s so that when I need to adjust my routines later on its a lot easier than re-writing a whole new page. Any ways here they are:

Before Bed Routine

• Reboot Laundry – this is simply moving things from the washer to the dryer or drying rack.
• Make/Eat Dinner & Drink water

These are my water bottles :) Yes, they are Simply Orange bottles (That’s Kenny’s favorite orange juice) the little one came from Chic-fil-a! Anyways, the new rule of thumb for drinking water is to drink half your weight in water ounces (if you weigh 100lbs you’d drink 50 oz of water per day) The larger bottle holds the exact amount of Fluid ounces I’m supposed to drink everyday – it stays in the fridge. The little bottle is what I refill all day – its easier to carry :)

• Shine your sink – you can read all about this in a previous post called Baby Steps, Cleaning my Heart and Home - Day 1

• Check Calendar
• Finish Laundry – remember I only wash/dry/fold one load per day

• Lay out clothes for tomorrow
• Wash Face – did you know, ladies, when you don’t wash the make-up off of your face before bed it can add up to 13 days age to your skin? Not to mention your make-up is now on your pillow – yuck! Just for the record I’m not very good at doing this, so I tell myself the 13 day thing to make myself get up and go wash my face before bed.
• Get to bed at a decent time – For me, a switch inside starts turning off the lights at 10pm. Kenny can’t stand it, he’s a night owl but when my pillow starts calling… its hard to resist!

Well that’s pretty much it for my Daily Routines. Nicole over at A Living Sacrifice said that her focus for next month was going to be establishing routines. I can’t wait to hear what she has to say. Now that I’ve started with my routines I think its the greatest and I want everyone to have them! Hope you’ll check out her blog, I know I will be.

Pet Peeves and Funny Things

My Dad found this cute little article in an issue of The Reader’s Digest. I didn’t write all of them out because some of them didn’t apply to my type of business but if you’d like to look up the original article you can find it at: readersdigest.com/hairstylist

Things Your Hairstylist Won’t Tell You

• I’m a beautician, not a magician. – I can give you Gisele Bundchen’s haircut, but I can’t give you her face.
• Hairdresser school does not teach about counter-transference, projection, negative reinforcement, or personality disorders. – If your looking for a therapist, all I have is a tail comb and an opinion!
• Some women think that if they keep their hair all one length the way it was in high school, everyone will think they’re still in high school. – Your not! As you get older, you need to soften the lines around your face. Layers are the magic remedy.
• Bodies and hair change as hormones change. – If your hair is dry, listless, or brittle, or if it’s not holding your color or style the way it used to, see a doctor. If your hair isn’t over processed, you could be pregnant (surprise!) or menopausal (yes, I can tell.)
• A “trim” is not “just” a trim. – It requires my expertise, skill, knowledge, and time. Would you say to your dentist, “its just a tooth,” or to your doctor, “its just a leg?”
• If you want to buy a bottle of color and do your own hair to save a buck, you can live with the consequences.
• Some clients will say, “Cut my hair just like you did last time.” That always baffles me. The average time between appointments is six to eight weeks. I have hundreds of clients. – How am I supposed to remember exactly how I did your hair the last time? – If you want a carbon copy of a cut and style you loved, take a picture and show me.
• Why do you think a child’s haircut should cost less than yours? Kids don’t sit still. Kids kick. It’s an intense experience.
• Standing all day and using scissors and a blow-dryer takes its toll – I have arthritis in my fingers, calcium deposits in my wrist, and 10 % less hearing than I used to. I am a physical wreck!

Some of these are a little on the extreme for me but I did think they were funny. I hope you enjoyed some “Hairdresser Humor.”

Coffee Time!

After yesterday’s post about how beautiful and warm the weather has been lately, today, its still beautiful but the temperature on my way to work was way too cold for the short sleeved shirt I had planned on wearing! So what better way to warm up than a cup of coffee.

I bought my first, fan club coffee mug!

What was the purpose you might ask…

• 16oz of coffee for the price of 12oz – Like I really need the extra caffeine.
• A punch on my card, with 6 punches I get a free cup of Joe. – I didn’t get punches before unless I paid for a larger size coffee.
• A free cup of regular coffee just for purchasing a mug.
• Special deals that only fan club mug holders can get :)

More coffee for less $$$ always sounds like a good deal to me!

Help Mandy!

Nicole wrote a piece on her blog for Missions Monday about a young lady I went to college with. Mandy and I were never close but I couldn't pass up an opportunity to help out another ABC student. She is going back to college for nursing, I think, and has found a scholorship that will help pay for it. Read Nicole's blog for more details about how you can help Mandy.
A Living Sacrifice: Missions Monday...a Day Late. My Bad.

My 50th Blog Post

I just thought you all should know that I finally made it to 50 Posts! I am just going to be writing about random things today: Things I’m thankful for, favorite quotes, verses, and random thoughts. I hope you enjoy!

1. This is my Nephew Austin and my niece Mikaela.
2. The number one thing I am thankful for is my salvation but after that it is that I was able to grow up in a godly environment with Parents and Grandparents who encouraged me to serve the Lord with my life.
3. I have always wanted to work with teenagers in some way, I guess its a good thing that God brought me a Youth Pastor to marry.
4.  I dislike working in the church nursery, at the same time, my favorite age group for Sunday School is the 2~3 class. Some people think this is strange.
5.  If its going to be cold it should snow and if its not going to snow it should be 78~80 degrees, is that too much to ask?
6. My two best friends… pondering something important I’m sure!
7. Psalm 57:7 – My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
8. I have developed road rage since dating Kenny. Let me explain, southern drivers do things like stopping at yield signs, or pulling into a parking space that is on the opposite side of the road. I never paid attention to these things until Kenny pointed them out. Now I find myself yelling through the windshield at the idiot in front of me!
9. Peach is the best flavor for a sucker or slushy.
10. When Kenny and I first met we didn’t like each other at all! I thought he was hot on himself and he says that I was a spoiled teenager.
11. My Grandparents along with my mom, on the left and my aunt, on the right. It was my Grandparents 60 something wedding anniversary! (I do know the exact amount of years they’ve been married, I just can’t post it because they just don’t want anyone to know how old they are!)
12. Pastor Camp did a series on Ruth several years ago, after he read Ruth 1:17~18 he made the statement that those two verses would make great marriage vows. Ever since then I’ve wanted to say them to the man I was going to marry in my vows to him.
13. Romans 8:39 – Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Jesus Christ our Lord.
14. I love my job as a barber. When Dad had his hot dog stand he would ask people if they could figure out what I did for a living, I don't think anyone ever guessed right.
15. In my job, I run into people from all over the place, Ireland, London, Cuba, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida. Its quite an education!
16. My brother Stephen, I think he’s adopted. 
17. Bowl cuts look cute on little boys but when your 27 with one its not cute anymore. At the same time, Mohawks and mullets never look good on anyone!
18. Why is it we drive on a Parkway and park on a Driveway?
19. I don’t have a favorite color, only favorite patterns – polka~dots and certain plaids.
20. The name of my blog, “Life in the Big City,” is just a sarcastic way of saying that I live in a small town that tries to do big things. Sometimes they succeed: Hot Nights and Cool Rides is one of the largest car shows in the Southeast; however, sometimes they fail: Dairy Goat Festival and Parade…. what is that?!?!?!?
21. Kenny and Austin playing “Twister.”
22. Vanilla scented candles and a rainy day go hand in hand.
23. Random facts, quotes, and corny jokes are the greatest!
24. Esther is my favorite book of the Bible. God’s name is never mentioned but you can see Him working throughout the story. That idea reminds me of unsaved people, they may not have God in their life yet but you can see Him working so don’t give up!
25. “God grant me the serenity to accept the people I can not change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know its me.” ~Author unknown, variation of an excerpt from “The Serenity Prayer” by Reinhold Neibuhr

I hope you got some enjoyment out of my ramblings for today. Maybe I’ll have something exciting to post later this week.

Random Information

I just wanted to pass along a random piece of useless information that I thought was pretty neat!

December 23 is called:

 Christmas Eve, eve -or- Christmas Adam...

because Adam was created before Eve!

HAHAHA!!!! :)

Merry Christmas everyone!

Did you know?

I was listening to WAGY, Forest City’s radio station this morning at work because they have an interesting talk radio. They’ll cover sports, poltics, happenings in Forest City, and Swap-n-shop. Well this mornings topic was:

What is a “White Christmas?”

Did you know there is an actual, meteorologist, definition of the term “White Christmas?” Well there is! This is what they said:

The official definition of a white Christmas is: "1 inch of snow on the ground during December 25th". The snow does not have to fall on December 25th.

This is the projected snow fall for Christmas weekend… Carolina is in the grey but that is still 20-50% chance!

Can I just say that “I’m dreaming of a White Christmas!”